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Can I run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B on iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config)?

Compatibility verdict VRAM threshold engine
Yes, it runs slow on this hardware ~8 tok/s est.

Yes. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B runs on iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) at Q4_K_M (~9 GB of ~12 GB usable).

Needs ~9 GB Device usable ~12 GB

Runs at Q4_K_M using ~9 GB of ~12 GB usable.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes. iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) leaves ~3 GB of headroom.

Q4_K_M needed
~9 GB
Usable on device
~12 GB
Device memory
16 GB
Best quant
Q4_K_M
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~12 GB usable
Q2_K
~6.1 GB
Q3_K_M
~6.8 GB
Q4_K_M
~9 GB
Q5_K_M
~9.2 GB
Q6_K
~10.4 GB
Q8_0
~13.1 GB
FP16
~23 GB
The line marks iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config)'s ~12 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.

Running cost · estimate

Power & economics est.
Power draw
~14 W
Electricity / 1M tokens
~$0.07
Pays for itself after
~3,719M tok

At ~$0.15/kWh and the estimated ~8 tok/s, a million generated tokens costs about $0.07 in electricity. Versus a hosted API at ~$0.5 per million tokens, the ~$1,599 iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) pays for itself after roughly 3,719 million tokens, so local hardware is mostly a fixed cost, not a per-token one. TDP is the peak draw, so this is an upper bound. Assumptions.

How to run it

On iOS use Apple Foundation Models (Built into iOS 26, ~3B on-device model, zero download, fully private.).

Model Llama 3.2 Vision
Parameters
10.7B
Q4_K_M size
7.36 GB
Q8_0 size
11.49 GB
Context
128k
Ollama tag
llama3.2-vision:11b
Full Llama 3.2 Vision 11B requirements →
Device iOS
Memory
16 GB unified
Usable for weights
~12 GB
Power draw
~14 W
Best runtime
MLX (via Python or Swift; mlx-lm package)
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FAQ

Can iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B?

Yes. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B runs on iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) at Q4_K_M (~9 GB of ~12 GB usable).

How much memory does Llama 3.2 Vision 11B need?

iPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~7.36 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~9 GB at a 4k context.

What is the best tool to run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B on iOS?

On iPhone and iPad, Apple Foundation Models (Built into iOS 26, ~3B on-device model, zero download, fully private.) is the standard choice. Phones realistically run 1B-4B class models. Anything larger thermally throttles or OOMs.

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Sources

Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.